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\figcaption{St. John the Baptist's, Reid.}
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\p{I went to Evensong at [St. John the Baptist's](https://www.stjohnscanberra.org) in Reid again today. This time they had a very skilled flautist playing along with the organ for the prelude and the postlude, which was lovely. The choir was pretty ordinary as usual, but it is still a restorative service because of the beautiful church and the lovely language of the 1662 BCP.}
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\date{2025-07-27T10:13:22Z}
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\author{liamoc}
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\title{Engagement Crisis in Teaching}
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\figcaption{A sunset and a morning photo of the same location on the [[anu]] campus, on the way to my lecture theatre}
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\p{While this is my time convening [a first year computing course](COMP1100), I have taught lectures for first year before, and I have convened [large courses](COMP3141) before. I consider myself a fairly experienced lecturer. Yet, I was both shocked and deeply troubled to see that, of the 120-odd students that enrolled in my first year computing course (this is the "off-session" run of the very first introductory computing course), only about 40 or so attended the first lecture and, even optimistically assuming that there is no overlap between online viewers and in-person viewers, only about 40 further students saw the lectures online. This means I only saw about a third of the course in person, and a third haven't even participated in lectures remotely, let alone in person. }
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\p{I think this is an enormous shame. Learning stuff is only part of the reason to attend university. Far more important, at least in my view, is the social aspect. It is one of the few times in an adult's life where it's basically okay to sit next to someone you don't know and just talk to them. After leaving university, the social opportunities can easily dry up, and it pains me to see students basically intentionally throwing this away in favour of online learning.}
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\p{If I compare to the very first university lecture I ever attended, back in 2008 at [[unsw]], which is [still on YouTube for easy comparison](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7l6Adoiiw), it's easy to tell even from the video that the lecture theatre was nearly packed, and the energy among students is high.}
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\p{I decided to try out the Weeknotes idea, that I first saw from [[jonsterling]]. This was a pretty full week, ending with the somewhat devastating news that dozens of academic and professional positions will be gutted from, among others, the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the [[anu]]. I hear that Music will in particular be sorely affected. My heart goes out to all my colleagues and I hope that all of their futures are bright. }
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